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Northern Territory Australia

Monthly Newsletter July 2007

Sponsoring Dealer:

1143 Stuart Highway

11 Mile

PINELANDS NT 0829

www.ntmotorcyclecentre.com.au

SPONSORING DEALER

NT Motorcycle Centre

1143 Stuart Highway, 11 Mile

PINELANDS NT 0829

Ph: 08 8939 0390

Fax: 08 8939 0300

Web: www.ntmotorcyclecentre.com.au

Oliver Dunkel

Darwin HOG Postal Address

PO Box 39831 WINNELLIE NT 0821

Website: http://darwinhog.110mb.com

PUBLIC OFFICER

Peter Cursaro

_P_{h: 08
8939 0390}

Email: oliver@ntmotorcyclecentre.com.au

MEMBERSHIP OFFICER

Jo Donnolley

Ph: 08 8932 6900 (H) Mob: 0417 720 222

_e_mail:_neatrim_{.nt@bigpond.com}

email: @ntmotorcyclecentre.com.au

ROAD CAPTAIN

Phill Alexander (Krasha)

Ph: N/A

Mob: 0417 313 095

email: krasha1@bigpond.com

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/

MOTORCYCLE SAFETY LIAISON

Mick Luke (Swoop)

Ph: 08 8984 3844 (W) Mob: 0407 395 173

email: swoop69@gmail.com

SECRETARY

Sharon Pfeifer

Ph: 08 8932 4464

Mob:

_e_mail:_{sharonpfeifer@bigpond.com}

PHOTOGRAPHER

Brian Sweeting

Ph: N/A

Mob: 0439 884 085

email: xena39@austarnet.com.au

LADIES OF HARLEY Michelle Redding (Shell) Ph: 08 8988 9467 (H) Mob: 0417 875 779

_e_mail:_{belgravehomes@bigpond.com}

TREASURER

Geoff Theodore

Ph: 08 8932 6900 (H) Mob: 0407 654.006

email: neatrim.nt@bigpond.com

EDITOR

Suellen Drinkwater

Ph: 08 8984 2430 (W) Mob: 0418 828 982

email: hogdarwin@gmail.com

ACTIVITIES OFFICER

Paul Turner

Ph: N/A

Mob: 0429 992 154

_e_mail:_{paulcturner@yahoo.com}

HISTORIAN

Mark Dobie

Ph: N/A

Mob: 0404977572

email: N/A

PROPERTY OFFICER

Shane Doody (Doods)

Ph: 08 8988 9467 (H) Mob: 0413 128 660

email: belgravehomes@bigpond.com

WEBMASTER

Richard Tokarczyk (Rat)

Ph: 08 8927 6636 (H) Mob: 0424 774 449

_e_mail:_{ozzient@internode.on.net}

DirectoR’S Report

With Dave “Hoot’n” Hartree

Hello members and welcome to the next edition of the newsletter. What a blast Renner Springs was on the long weekend, thank you to all that managed to come along and make it such a good time in good company, it certainly ranks up there with last years event,

even if it wasn’t so close in the Iron Man. Thanks go to Judy and her crew at Renner Springs for their hospitality and also to Alice Springs Chapter for being the Host Chapter. Next year Mount Isa will be the hosting chapter, so lets give them some support and have a strong presence at next year’s event. It was good to have so many from all three chapters making the event truly Tri Chapter and to have come away with a stronger bond with our neighbouring chapters.

I was also glad to see Ripper stop in and socialise for a short while on one of his shifts, and likewise appreciative of

couple of gifts of his own special “anti-freeze” to help chase that cold desert air away. With a bit of luck

we should see a few members from Mount Isa and Alice Springs make it back for the NT Rally in August.

I would like to pass on my thanks to Swoop and the rest of the members that were able to supply bikes for our display at the Shannon’s Car and Bike Show, it was looking like we were not going to have

a presence at this show, but we did end up with 6 bikes in our allocated area, lets hope we can have a

better turnout next year.

Rider’s Awareness Week followed the Shannon’s event and the only function of this week I attended was the dinner held at the Rox in Mitchell St. It was a very good night out with sensational food and although numbers were a little down than expected, a solid foundation for the RAW has been laid.

I would like to remind everyone that registration for the NT Rally at Batchelor closes on 1^s^tJuly,

so please get your paperwork in if you wish to attend.

Big thanks go to Geoff, Jo, and Lauren for their tireless efforts for the club, Geoff for making his shed available to us to hold our meetings, Jo for organising all the catering at our meetings, and Lauren

for her solid work manning the refreshment booth. Your efforts are appreciated and noticed even though

we may not always acknowledge the fact. Hopefully Geoff can now spend time on his own projects

Moving on to upcoming events, I would like to draw your attention to the following dates:

· Friday July 6^t^h: Club Monthly Meeting at Geoff’s Shed.

_·_S_a_t_u_r_d_{ay July
7}^t^h_{: Sausage Sizzle at NTMC 10:00 – 12:00, NT
Drag Titles from 7:00pm}

_·_S_a_t_u_r_d_{ay July
21}^s^t_{: Overnight ride to Adelaide River (To be confirmed by Activities Officer)}

_·_F_r_{iday 27}^th_-_S_un_d_{ay 29}^th_{: Darwin Show Long Weekend}

_·_F_r_{iday 3}^rd_-_M_on_d_a_{y 6}^th_A_u_gu_s_t_{: Darwin Cup Long Weekend, HOG NT Rally 2007.}

I think I’ve waffled on enough now, but before I finish I would just like to say that it is good to see a few members from Nhulunbuy getting over here and doing some decent riding, down to Alice Springs and over to Kununurra, which I’m told by Dan and Dan that even if it was so damn cold down Alice way, it sure beats the 26 kms of sealed road that they get to ride over at Nhulunbuy. I may have even tempted them to join us on our run to the National Rally in October.

_S_{tay Upright and Ride with Pride,}

ASSISTANT DirectoR’S Report

_W_{ith Mick “Swoop” Luke}

Hi all, it was good to see Alice Springs and Mt Isa turn out in good numbers at the Tri-Chapter

Challenge, but again we brought home the trophy. The weather was a little cold, but nothing like a nice fire a few drinks and a toast bed to crawl into at the wee hours of the morning. Yes the electric blanket worked great; nothing like roughing it hard in the outback. The swimming challenge was just that little bit cold, but once you broke the ice on the surface and your heart slowed down to a pace were you could feel it beat every 10 seconds, it wasn’t that bad. To everyone's amazement, I made one lap, then two to win by a couple of lengths, thanks to one competitor hitting

the wall half way along, thinking it was the end. By the

way, feeling is now coming back into my legs and the frost bite should be gone soon.

Thanks to Alice Springs for putting on a great weekend and the staff at Renner Springs for putting up with us once again.

night, but we missed the boxing match that happened after we left. Apparently when the power did finally come on, some did not like what they saw, and proceeded to rearrange it.

It was good to see on the July 1st run a few new members and a good turn out of older members (long time, not old as in Ch…). A good afternoon was had by all, with everyone sticking close to the new limit

of 150, hang on 130. With the ride finished it, was time to get your explosives and head down to Paul's

place, where things went off. Some things went off in a big way, with fun had by all, especially our new Olympic runner Geoff; he should be a hurdler. Good to see Doods had close supervision by the kids as things may have got out of hand. I am sure those things have written on them “Do not use unless supervised by a child” as they are DANGEROUS.

Thanks to Paul and his other half for a great feed, nice warm fire, good company and a good night had

by all. Ride on Swoop

Jesse’s Jokes

As an elderly lady was boarding the plane, she said to the flight attendant, "Do these things crash very often?"

The attendant replied, "No, just once!"

You know sometimes I get the sudden urge to run around naked. But then I just drink some Windex.

It keeps me from streaking.

A psychiatrist's receptionist said, "A gentleman in the waiting room wants to see you. Claims he's invisible." The psychiatrist responded, "Tell him I can't see him."

A 2006 study found that the average fisherman walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallon of beer a year. That means, on average, Fishermen get about 41 miles per gallon.

Ms. Editor

With Sue Drinkwater

Once again, a warm “thank you” to everyone who has taken the trouble to send in something for the newsletter.

This month, we’ve restarted the Member Profile section. I’ve emailed a profile form to selected members, and have received two back. (Thanks Mick and PT). If you received one, it would be really appreciated if you would take a moment to fill it in and send it back to me. Don’t worry if you can’t find a photo of yourself – I’m sure I’ll be able to find one in my files. Heh heh. If you want to be a “conscientious objector”, please just drop me a line. I’ll understand. Truly.

We’ve had a lot of comments about what a hoot of a time we all had at the Tri Chapter Challenge at Renner, so I won’t guild the lily. For my part, I’d like to thank Doods and Michelle for trusting me to drive their Toyota GXL, when “The Commodore” didn’t want to pull the trailer, and also trusting me with the most precious cargo of all: Dylan. (I have fond memories of overtaking a car and a little 4 year old voice from the back saying “Don’t forget you’re towing the trailer!”.) Thanks also to those gentlemen who helped with getting my bike on and off Doods’ trailer.

any future audiences to the first “erection of the edifice”.

To mundane matters: closing date for the August newsletter is Friday 20^thJuly 07, so please send your ads, jokes, ride reports, photos etc to me at hogdarwin@gmail.com on or before that date.

Enjoy your riding

_Sue

ROAD CAPTAIN’s report

With Phill “Krasha” Alexander

Firstly may I say thank you and congratulations to a small but hardy crew of Darwinites that took the

tri-chapter trophy down for the rest of them to look at and then brought it home where it belongs, well done lads and lassies.

Secondly due to a large change in home and work circumstances I have not attended as many rides as I would like

to have. On the few I have attended I have noticed a few things that I believe should be brought up. (Please note that this is not me being prissy and thinking that the RC should not be overtaken, on the contrary there are certain roads where I expect certain members to overtake.)

These are not necessarily club ride rules but common sense ROAD RULES

When riding in a group and you find yourself a little bit down the pack, please wait your turn to overtake, try not to race from the middle order to the front because this has huge potential to be a clusterf***k. Your turn will come.

When it becomes your turn to overtake, please do so safely. IE. Pull out into the RIGHT hand side therefore overtaking, not what has been done to me on more than one occasion recently and pass on the left hand side which is known as undertaking. This is a dangerous practice and should not be done on an open road.

Sorry to sound like I am teaching my granny to suck eggs, that is not my intention, but I have seen both bad habits performed in a very short time.

Be safe out there

_Krasha.

WEBMASTER’S Report

With Richard “Rat” Tokarcyk

All photos and June Newsletter on website. Waiting for pics from Tri Chapter Challenge.

Chapter web site address is:

_{http://darwinhog.110mb.com}

Regards

Last Month’s Quiz Answer

To refresh your memory, here it is:

Psychopath Test

₍_{alias the
Suzie
Kapeller logic equation)}

Read this question, then try to answer it. This is not a trick question. It is as it reads. No one I know

has got it right.

A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing. She believed him to be her dream guy so much, that she fell in love with him right there, but never asked for his number and could not find him.

A few days later she killed her sister.

Question: What is her motive for killing her sister? Give this some thought before you answer.

And the Answer?

She was hoping the guy would appear at the funeral again.

If you answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath. This was a test by a famous American Psychologist used to test if one has the same mentality as a killer. Many arrested serial killers took part in the test and answered the question correctly.

If you didn't answer the question correctly, good for you!

If you got the answer correct, please let me know so I can take you off my email list..

^{Tech Talk}

With Charlie “MadDog” Caden

Well what can I say about the long weekend in Renner? No one broke down, and for those who didn't go, you made a big mistake. It would have been one of the best weekends and club challenges I have been to, so I suggest you put your name down for next year and

make it better. Mt Isa and Alice put on a great show and although we won again, they will be back bigger and better next year, so we need to put on a bigger show.